From the outset, the Fiji Delegation would like to thank you for choosing the subject of this thematic debate. It is most pertinent given the growing number of mandates on peacekeeping arising from the Security Council, and the increasing complexities of the tasks of peacekeeping missions.

Fiji's Permanent Representative, Ambassador Peter Thomson and First Secretary Khatri with Maj. General I. Singha, Force Commander and Head of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), following a bilateral meeting to discuss Fiji’s deployment to UNDOF. Fiji’s troops left for UNDOF on this day.